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STATK republican leagues are multi
plying. Nebraska republicans must not
delay until compelled to full in nt the
rear.
THE Grant monument association has
again been heard from. A circular has
boon issued to architects and sculptors
inviting designs for u monument to cost
8500,000.
IT is the duty of the postolflco authori
ties to keep the stops and corridors of
that building clear of loungers and loaf
ers. Permitting those follows to congre
gate there is offensive to all respectable
people who must go to the postofllce , and
rf especially so to ladies.
I
' . . AN nrgumont in favor of the open saloon -
* , loon on Sunday is contained in the dis
patches from the Pennsylvania coal
Holds. The rioters refrained from violence
lence on the day of rest , preferring to
drink boor and talk blood in barrooms
rather than actually spill gore.
IT is reported that another eight-hour
agitation has been started among the
packers of Chicago , which is expected
* to promptly extend to these of other
packing centers. There is some mem
orable history connected with the firsl
agitation , which it is to bo hoped will
not bo repented. <
ENTKHPIUSINQ Chicago capitalists
have formed a corporation to remove
the famous Libby prison to that city for
[ the purpose of exhibition. This move
will probably prove a bonanza to the
originators of the scheme , but Llbbj
prison on exhibition will not bo half the
bonanza it was to the confederacy when
in actual service.
MILWAUKEE has just had a one-
armed pugilistic entertainment. Both
contestants had lost their right arms
but nevertheless considerable slugging
proficiency was shown. It is to bo hoped
however , that both men are unable tc
write , hi which case they will bo more
of an honor to the profession than the
Sullivan-Mitcholl-Kllrain-Smith style
of bruiser.
THE lumbermen of Omaha seem dis
posed to make a unltod and dotcrminei
effort to secure n reduction of frcigh.
rates between Chicago and this city
They have a good cause and should pusl
it. As between Kansas City and Omahi
the discrimination against the latter 1
95 per car load. There is no good rca
BF son why this should bo so. A unite <
$ and vigorous effort will remedy the dl
flculty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i
Tnn copper interests of the Unitci
States are almost wholly under foroigi
control. Englishmen have just secure *
a long lease of the Sunrise mine ntHurt
villo , Colorado , while the great Proncl
syndicate has nearly everything elsi
that is desirable. Perhaps the foreign
ers will not bo moro ungenerous ti
American consumers than their oyi
countrymen who now constitute the cop
per trust have been.
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Jjt TilK bllzznrd-blown west can neve
'
* * ' forgot to bo generous , whatever its owi
, Buffering and needs may bo. Mark th
touching' evidence , in the little toivn c
Pierre , Dakota , sending two carloads c
potatoes and other food to the blizzan
Bufforors of Kansas , while \Vlnonn
Minn. , votes ton thousand dollars to re
Hove the snowbound communities c
Now York nnd New England , Who :
these communities receive this splondi
contribution , about April lwc nronuic
mistaken if there is not a largo oxodu
to the free and generous west.
EIGHTY millions ot dollars will bo re
quired to conduct the pension oftlci
during the next fiscal year. This cnoi
rnous sum is chiefly the legacy of th
'civil war , and must be added year b ,
your to the financial cost of the grca
etrugglo for national unity. The largo
part of eighty millions to bo oxpondo
.in 1SSS and 1889 among pensioners mii ;
bo collected from taxation , levied upo
the people of the country by custom
duties und the internal revenue taxes
With such a sum to bo collected to pa
, the debts of the war what folly It is for th
bogus revenue reformers to prate abet :
the injustice of continuing war taxes o
liquors and tobacco after the war hn
closed. It is true that the war i
ended , but Its finmiclul effects nre stl
and will bo for many years to come n\ \
parent In the annual demands upon th
treasury for pension moneys. There I
o injustice in making whisky , un
) tobacco pay tholrsharo towards mcetiu
? ' the national obligations.
Reform 'of the tiaml
The usual number of bills to reform
the land laws has been introduced in
the present congress. Honest adminis
tration of the general land ofllco under
Commissioner Sparks' elHclont manage
ment has accomplished ono end if
nothing else. It hns opened the eyes of
congress to the urgent necessity for
revision of existing legislation if the
scanty remaining portion of the public
domain is to bo preserved for the honest
and worthy settlers. In the face of the
exposures of the last three years , the
wholesale frauds uncovered and the
gigantic steals uncartheti , even the
thick hide of the partisan congressman
hns been pricked and the need of re
form hns boon mndo manifest.
The repeal of the pre-emption , timber
culture and desert land acts will again
bo urged at the present session. The
pre-emption law , originally passed to
aid in the rapid disposal of government
lands , has outlived its usefulness , it
hns been the refuge of speculators and
land jobbers. For. ten years past Its
operation has done more than any other
cause to throw western lands into the
hands of non-residont owners.
The sumo * in a less degree
can bo said of the timber culture
and desert land acts. The first has been
of some value , in proving the practica
bility of timber culture on the prarles.
The desert land act hns disproved almost
every argument urged in its favor ut
the time of its passage. Both have
been used as thoinstruments of specula
tion and fraud to a degree which makes
their repeal moro than advisable.
The homestead law will remain and it
will bo ample for all purposes of settle
ment. Its generous bounty has built up
the west with actual settlers whoso five
years' residence on their farms has
boon worth moro to the commu
nities which they have helped to
upbuild than a sco > o of bogus
pre-omptors. The largo tracts of vacant
lands in the west held by eastern cnpi-
tali&ts in nine cases out of ten can be
traced back to pre-emption and timber
culture entries , while the homo of the
homesteader , secured by honest im
provements und long j residence , gener
ally pays local taxes through a local
taxpayer. |
The repeal of the useless land laws
will discourage non-resident land own
ing. It will force actual settlements in
stead of temporary claim holding. It
will take nwny the inducement for job
bery and corruption in connection with
the public domain. It will conserve the
interests of the west by compelling land
holding and residence and loenl taxa
tion to go hand in hand. At the same
time it will afford every poor man who
is not the owner of Innd nnd who is hon
estly desirous of securing a home the
opportunity to obtain ono free of all
cost after five years' residence and im
provement.
The llcvisnd llulcfl.
The president has made a pretty gen
eral revision of the civil service rules ,
and as they now stand they ought to bo
quite satisfactory to the reformers. The
evidence they will extract from them is
that the president has not lost faith in
civil service reform nnd that ho still has
the courage of his convictions.
These servants of the people who nro
subject to the authority of the president
will bo interested only in these rules
which circumscribe their political priv
ileges. The revision has not reduced
the restraints upon political activity. It
is made an offense punishable by dis
missal in any officer of the executive
civil service to use his olllcial authority
or influence for the purpose of inter
fering with an election or controlling
the results thereof ; or todibmiss or use
influence to procure the dismissal of
any person from any place in the ser
vice because such person has refused to
bo coerced in his political action , or has
refused to contribute- money for any
political purpose , or to render political
service. Tho.rtiles are very explicit in
prohibiting all grades of ollicials from
soliciting or receiving money from other
officials for political purposes , the pen
alty for a violation of these rules being
dismissal.
If these rules are regarded by the
officeholders there will bo very little
contributed to the democratic national
campaign fund from this source , und
these persons will also constitute a very
small factor in the campaign work.
But will they bo regarded ? Experi
ence warrants a negative answer. The
old rules have been repeatedly and con
spicuously violated when the incentive
to do so was merely n state or municipal
election , the result of which could not
affect , or only very remotely , the tcn-
uro of federal officials. It is not prob
able that they will keep out of election
contests or fail to find a way to aid the
general fund in u national campaign ,
the result of which will bo vital
to their interests. If these rules
fluill not be regarded , will the penalty
prescribed be inflicted ? Again experi
ence urges that it will .lot. The viola
tions of the past , some of them of the
most flagrant und defiant character ,
brought no punishment to the offenders ,
and this not because the president was
not muQo fully aware of the violations.
Having condoned , or , permitted to pass
unpunished , offenses'against , the civil
service rules and his oxccutivo ordoc ,
In cases whore his own interests wore not
at all or only very remotely involved , It
is not probable that ho will bo less
lenient when the str.ko played for is of
the very highest interest to himself.
The civil service reformers , very few ol
whom are in the democratic party ,
need not flatter themselves that because
of these revised and more stringent
! rules there will bo any loss political ac
tivity on the part ol democratio office
holders , either in the way of campaign
contributions or personal effort. When
the battle is fully on the "boys" will be
found as usual in the thick of the fight ,
nnd there will bu nobody to call them
0
to account. They will bo certain ol
complete amnesty if Mr. Cleveland
should bo re-elected , nnd if otherwise ,
they will bo sure of getting no worse
than they would receive if they re
mained only impassive spectators of the
contest. There will bo very few shirk
ers in the democratic army this year.
The New Tariff Ulll.
It is understood that the democrats ol
the ways and means' committee have
- - y .
practically completed their dratt of a
tariff bill , which they will-present to
the house. The now bill , ns reported ,
proposes to put wool on the free list ,
together with salt , lumber and a variety
of other raw materials nnd to make n
material reduction in the tariff on sugar
nnd tobacco.
The programme will not have clear
sailing , The rock on which the vessel
of tariff reform will first strike will bo
free wool. It is wife to say that as long
as woolen manufacturers' protected
by the present enormous duties on
their products , American wool growers
will make an interesting flght for the
protection of the raw material. The
sugar tax is of course indefensible , but
the usual tie up nnd intrigues of the
representatives of the sugar interests
will bo made in combination with those
of other industries ; and the same can bo
said of the lumber and salt Interests ,
Tlii * is the most.dangerous nnd men
acing feature of our protective system.
Its permanency is duo to the selfish four
of individuals that any equalization of
the tariff taxes is a- covert attack
on the system itself to bo resented and
opposed by a bargain between
the interests likely to bo as
sailed. Every attempts to reform the
shameful and needless impositions of
the tariff is mot by a closing of the
lines nnd a shoulder to shoulder opposi
tion of the wool men , the iron burons ,
the glass manufacturers , the lumber
lords nnd the salt kings. While the in
dustrial monopolists combine the people
suffcv. The shrieks of the organs of the
high priests of protection cannot denfqn
the curs of the producing classes to the
rcnl issue involved. The cries that
American industry will bo destroyed by
any revision of the tariff however made
nro deceiving no intelligent student of
the history of tariff legislation. The
difference between n 20 per cent
average duty , which is the lowest
reduction'that could be made to provide
for the revenue requirements of the
government , and free trade is too ap
parent to the most careless student of
political economy to need any commen
tary. Workingmen when informed
that the greatest possible reduction
which can bo made to leave the govern
ment funds sufficient to carry on itt
operations , will still leave the United
States with the highest protective tariff
on the globe , are not likely to bo
frightened by the free trade nightmare.
The struggle for tariff reform is
simply the contest of the producing
masses against the protected classes. It
is the protest of fifty-three million of
taxpayers against exactions levied
presumably for the benefit of less than
seven millions of workingmen but in re
ality to bolster up the fortunes of a few
thousands of industrial millionaires.
Keep It Before the People.
Let these facts bo kept before the
people : That ono of the first acts of leg
islation by the republican party after it
was formed was tin act revising and re
ducing the tariff ;
That the same republican party has
twice since the war made important re
visions and reductions in the tariff ;
That with each reduction a decided
increase in general prosperity followed ;
That in no single instance did such
reduction lesson the wages received by
American workiugmen , and finally
That frequent reductions in wages ,
many strikes and much discontent nud
suffering have occurred when no change
had been made in the tariff.
The old republican party was a tariff
reforming party , a workingman's party ,
a party "of the people , by the people
and for the people. " What is it now
to bo ?
HENUY GEOIIGE having Intimated
that ho will not run for president , the
situation may bo said to have become
materially simplified and the chances
of the other follow to have greatly im
proved. Wo violate no confidence when
wo-state that the possibility of Henry
George running for president was a
matter of great perplexity to a few. people
ple , including Mr. George himself. The
splendid ability shown by that fearless
leader in reducing his supporters fifty
per cent in about a year mndo him
naturally an object of profound interest
and concern. It' was un achievement
which we bollovo distinguishes the
record of no other fearless leader in
this country , und easily makes Mr.
Henry Gcorgo pre-eminently the party
nnnihilntor of our history. It
is very kind of Mr. Gcorgo to relieve the
two great parties of the doubt that had
been weighing upon them regarding his
presidential intentions. They will now
bo able to go on with their organization
and plans unconstrained by any per
plexities or apprehensions. How much
clearer and brighter the Held looks now
that Mr. Henry Gcorgo is out of it.-
OX the eve of the meeting of parlia
ment London is thrown into n scare by
the police announcement that enormous
quantities of explosives , nro stored in
the city , of course with evil intent.
Such n discovery would not be surpris
ing , in view of the incentives to the
vast idle population of London to wreak
vongcanco on thobo who have given BO
little heed to their appeal for help , but
reports of this nature are duo about this
time. It may bo convenient for the gov
ernment to make use of thorn in connec
tion with some proposed legislation , and
they will bo useful in preventing the
friends of Irish members of parliament
obtaining admission to the house of
commons. They sound like tory tactics
and nro therefore entitled to very little
credence. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT seems to us the employing masons
nro not acting judiciously in disregard
ing the desire of the workingmen for n
conference , with the object of arrang
ing rates of wngesfor the coming soason.
Wo bollovo it would bo to the
mutual advantage of both parties
to roach an understanding before work
opens that will remain in force through
out the season , and wo are quite con
fident such an arrangement would be to
the advantage of the community.
It would enable the bosses ta
know the exact wage basis for the
whole season in making their build
ing contracts , it would obviate issues
between employers and workmen by
which work begun would be impeded ,
and it'would allow all building improve-
tncnts to procccttftffflhout interruption
provided both pstrliw wore fnlthful to
the compact mndo , ns It is to bo
supposed they wai d } je. As the matter
appears to us , n conference should beheld
hold nnd n fair arrangement effected ,
with satisfactory guarantees that it will
bo adhered to. M
A SHOIIX time , ngo , a Mr. Murdoch
was buncoed in Pittsburg out of ton
thousand dollars. , TJio detectives nt
work on the cnso have ) caused the arrest
of n boss plumber. ' lo you remark any
thing suggestive In this ?
DESPITE the bad weather of the past
.week Omaha's bank clearings show a
large increase over the same time last
year. Poor old Kansas City's , however ,
fall on the wrong side of the lino.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Fremont hns contracted for electric
light.
A republican club has been organized
in Hastings.
Holdrego has signed a contract for
waterworks.
Hastings has 10,000 tons of ice in store
for summer drunks.
David City people are planning to put
$10,000 in a town hull.
Nance county's products last year
reached a value of $1,501,515.
West Point expects the Omaha and
Yankton surveyors next week.
Another victim of the blizzard was
found near Stuart , early lust week.
Plans for the proposed now depot nt
Pluttsmouth are moving by slow mule ,
to town.
Some enthusiastic but unknown citi
zen threatens to invest $125,000 in a
grand hotel in'llastings.
James M. Ray has retired from the
North Plntto Telegraph and John M.
Dyers steps into his place.
The Dundy County Pioneer has
changed bunds , Frank Israel < fc Son
having sold to M. L. Thomas.
Covingtdn nnd South Sioux City are
entertaining the outcasts of Sioux City.
A number of gamblers and keepers of
dives have been jailed.
The statistics of the state auditor
shows that Saundcrs county , for 1887 ,
heads the procession .in corn and Wash
ington county in wheat.
The Blair Pilot advises the residents
to awake up and get n grip on the
wheels of progress , or settle down con
tentedly as the Brownvlllo of north Ne
braska.
The Grand Island Beet Sugar com
pany , capital $ -500,000 , has boon incor
porated. The managers propose to
have the plant in operation for next
season's crop. J ( ,
The wreck of the court house nt Fre
mont is growing handsomely to the
ground , nnd the refeide-nts rejoice with
the descent. Thci prospect of an elab
orate successor enlarges the enthusi
asm. , ; „
The body of n baby bt > y was found in
a hogpen in Grand Island last week.
The inhuman mothoi * lias escaped detec
tion for the time lielng , but the brand
of Cain will follow.jlicl conscience to the
grave. <
John'D. ' Moore , Of Grand Island , gave
a stranger an impressive lesson on de
cency last week. ' Thfi follow had in
sulted some younfj ghfls , who reported
to Mr. Moore. The latter tooku him in
hand und'kicked him to jail
The Chinese troupe of dramatic mur
derers which has tetormed interior towns
with drumsticks nnd mangled English ,
stranded at Crete , nnd are now mang
ling linen for a living. They found
their level after considerable effort.
Beatrice proposes to invest $10,000 in
printers ink , and illumine the homos
nnd dead walls of the cast with pictures
and praises of the city. An olfort will
also bo made to suppress local "hards"
'
who are' firing poetry at unarmed citi
zens.
Frank Prathor , of Butler county , an
nounces that his wife Ltda has loft "his
bed and board" and that "this is the
third man she hns tried to live with
nnd the second time she hns left mo. "
Lidn displays great taste and love ol
variety.
The city council of Holdrogo has
closed a contract with B. S. Clarke , ol
Ashland , for a system of waterworks.
The town is to be supplied with fifty-
two hydrants at a rental of $05 each per
year. The plant will cost about 6,000
and will be completed in ono year.
The arrest by an Omaha policeman of
an Iowa lawyer ns a suspicious charac
ter , a very natural conclusion , gives the
Plattsmouth Journal un opportunity to
lame "the finest" at long range again.
All these results will bo treasured and
an accounting hadHhcrfirst time Sher
man lands on To nth street. He could
not c'scapo. The freshest member ol
the force could not resist taking him in.
The Grand Island Independent nnd
Revivalist Brown , now at Fremont , are
dueling at long range. The Indepen
dent accused Brown of not only refusing
to subscribe to the fund of the crippled
teachers , but would not permit an appeal
to the charitable to be made from his
stage. The attempt to deny it and im
peach the veracity of reputable citizens
intensifies the belief that Brown is a
revivalist for revenue only.
Lew Weeks enjoys the distinction ol
peacemaker In a church at York. Until
lust Sunday his authority nnd hooted
eloquence passed unquestioned. He
had cuffed and spandod unruly boys till
a diminutive David appeared , sleeves
rolled up and contlcss. "If you want tc
whip any more kids , try mo , " hissed the
disciple of John-L. , und Weeks reached
for him. His aim foil short , nnd the
next moment he was on his knees , while
David danced about 'him ' and softened
his lumps. The scrap was over in less
than a minute , but Weqks will glide b.v
before the pugilistic beadle loses all
trace of the cyclone ) , ,
Ono of the smoothest ) dead-boats was
run out of Crete last week. His name
is John Hnusonori a Polander. He
works the charity dodgi with a stock ol
heart-rending , pocket-touching stories
of privations nnd prowess in the old
world. Ho soldiered with the Turks , in
the war with Russia , and his overshad
owing bravery filled tbo czar's heurl
with intense hatred ! Since then helm !
been hunted on luuq ahd sea by the
minions of the despot. , He searches foi
an uncle ono day aiul an aunt the next
is always foot sort ) , nnd frequently
frozen , and works a iwcalth of povertj
wrinkles , and an emaciated , givo-me-a'
dollar face. Ho had canvassed the town
up to the collection point when his career
roor was suddenly exposed , and the
news hastened his departure.
The fate of Congressman McShnno is
sealed und delivered , und his po&itioi
in political history stamped with the
obloquy of disgusted constituents. The
voice comes from a dark canyon ir
Richardson county bearing the cntiirrha
strains of the "Lakeside lyceum. " Bj
some unaccountable means the member ;
had heard that the representative o
the big First had introduced a bill t <
grant a pension to the widow of General
oral Lognn. The news brough
the lyceum loaded to the town hall
and the valves of a score of lungs , won
thrown wide open. The effect woj
.painful ) and precipitated the tog whicl
stifled this section last Thursday and
Friday , The deliberations ot the lyceum
coum wore finally boiled down to this :
"The tendency of our national legisla
tion Is chiefly in the interest of the
wealthy classes , which , if persisted in ,
will ultimately result In the overthrow
of republican government and the estab
lishment of n plutocracy ; therefore , re
solved , that Congressman McShnno de
serves the unqualified censure of every
hard-tVurking man ana woman in this
land. " Truly the path of the public
man is studded with steel-pointed
thorns.
ALL PASSAIC IS AMUSED.
How Gen. Spencer and ArtlstOroocock
Exchange Neighborly Courtesies.
Now York World : The good
people of Pnssalo nro much dis
turbed over 'certain peculiar struct
ures with which Paulison avenue , the
town's most fashionable thoroughfare ,
hai been marred. These are the re
sults of a peculiar quarrel between
Brlgadeor-Gonoral Bird W. Spencer ,
once treasurer of the Erie railway , at
present a member of Governor Green's
staff , president of the Passuic & Now
York railroad , receiver of the Tonti-
wmida road , ex-mayor of Passaic , and
well known in Now York , where his of
fices are , nnd Samuel Groocock , an artist
nnd a pillar in the Baptist church.
Several years ago Mr. Groocock
bought a lot at the corner otPaulison ,
and Ponnington avenues , nnd' running
back perhaps 200 feet. Next to this was
General Spencer's mansion. In the
course of time the latter had a cupola *
put on the house , nnd it was the most
imposing structure in the vicinity. Ho
placed statuary about the yard , and
grow to think if he owned Groocock's
lot the view presented by his property ,
covering the whole corner , would bo
very pretty.
DGroocock's lot , the neighbors say , is
worth about $3.500. When the general
wanted to buy it lie set the price nt
$8,000. This the general refused to pay ,
and Mr. Groocock laid the foundation
for a house close to the sidewalk. The
general at last yielded und said ho
would go the $8,000. Then Groocock
wanted pay for the foundation ho had
laid. That was adding insult to com
pulsion , the general thought , so ho
bade Mr. Groocock do his worst.
The determined Groocock hurried up
the builders , nnd soon his house was
completed u strange nnd forward in
truded among the conservative struc
tures of Paulison avenue , which stand
stalely on lawns of greater or less ex
tent. Ono day , out in the general's
front yard , some workmen were scon
muking something that looked like a
big dancing platform.
'Is General Spencer going to give a
awn party ? " people queried ua they
passed by. Wnon the painters came
and daubed the plutfoam all over black ,
the lawn party idea was rather knocked
in the head. Groocook thought the
black paint was ominous. It proved so ,
When it was dry the workmont hoised
the big platform up along the division
line of a fence. It almost overtopped
Groocock's house.
The inward laughter with which the
doughty general greeted the accom
plishment narrowed gradually and van
ished completely when , after a few
months , Mr. Groocock showed no signs
of wounded feelings , but lived on under
the shelter of the fence , paying small
coal bills nnd enjoying vast comfort
Life appeared to have no charm for
the old warrior unless it was" replete
with vengeance. Groocock kept on
broiling- his provoking way and so
down came ) the big barrier. Groocock
was expectant , but patient. One day a
man appeared and began to dig with a
pickaxe on the general's lawn. Was it
for n grave for Mr. Groocock ? No !
Merely the foundation for a houseton
the division line and oven nearer to ho
thoroughfare than Groocock s own.
The frame wont up. Every ono ruold
see that It was to be a pretty Gohtic
cottage. Mr. Groocock did not remain
idle. One fair morning , when Carpen
ter John Tellamy and his men went to
work on Gen. Spencer's house , lol
there was a lofty barbed wire fence
along the division line , bearing this
provoking sign :
KEEP OUT ! KEEP OFF !
This fence is eight Inches
.from the lino.
Eight inches was just enough to rasp
the feelings and overalls of the carpen
ters , who that day had planned to put
clapboards on the general's pretty little
house. They got there just the same ,
nnd the general crowed In his turn , but
there was an unseemly bill for blue
jeans. *
When the house was finished the men
put up. by the general's orders , a huge
fence at the rear , running along the
disision line and making Groocock's
back garden look like a dungeon. It's
morning sunshine nnd its hollyhocks
were things of the past. Then pros
pective tenants came around to look at
the cottage General Spencer had for
rent. It is n pretty one , and it wasn't
hard finding n renter.
But Mr. Groocock had been left out of
the calculations and the contract by
mistake. A short time ago Mr. Groo
cock purchased some cedar trees and
had the limbs lopped off. They were
the size of telegraph poles nnd twice as
ugly. Out came a big ladder , and the
workmen begun nailing planks on the
posts. Up , up. The neighbors thought
as they looked at the unsightly affair ,
thut the joke had gone far enough.
The townsmen say now that General
Sponcor'ri laughter is all stilled ; that his
promised tenant has scon Mr. Groocock's
disfigurement and won't ' rent the now
cottage , nt any price ; that General
Spencer proposes to sue Groocock for
damages to the amount of a year's
rental.
This statement the general stamps as
untrue. If ho does sue , his lawyer will
bo J * . E. Stoutciiborg. Yesterday morn
ing that attorney hold a consultation
with General Spencer at the oflico of
Campbell , Mori-ill & Co. , of which firm
the general is1 n member. The lawyer
advised this sort of a letter for publica
tion :
Mr. Groocock owns his property and
can do ns ho wishes with it ; I own my
property and can do as I wish with it.
Other peuplo , it is to bo hoped , own
theirs. Lot them do as they wish
with it.
NO epistle was written , however , nnd
the question of who will come out ahead
te ono Hiich the people of Pas&alo are
puzzling over. The funniest part of
the whole business is that Groocock nnd
the general nro the only members of the
two families who are at all disturbed
about the mutter. The ladies visit with
each other , and their relations nro ap
parently us cordial as though no fences
nor houses hud bcftn built.
Safe , permanent and complete nrer the
cures of bilious and intermittent dis
eases , made by Prickly Ash Bitters.
Dyspepsia , general debility , habitual
constipation , liver and kidney com
plaints are speedily eradicated from the
system. It disinfects , cleanses and
eliminates all malaria. Health und
vigor nro obtained moro rupidiy and
permanently by the use of this great
natural antidote than by any other rem
edy heretofore known. As a blood pur
ifier and tonic it brings health , re
newed energy and vitality to a worn
and diseased body.
DECEMBER APPRQPRIATtQNS.
What it Costa to Run the City
Government ,
A LARGE SUM EXPENDED.
Three Appropriation Ordinances
Showing an Kxpcnrtlturo of
One Hundred and Twenty-
three Thousand Dollars.
Bclow.U given n transcript from the eomp-
trollor's books showing what the city council
ox ( > cndod durlnR the mouth or December ,
188T. In n former statement mndo in the HKI :
an error occurred In sjtylngthut the month of
December was Included where In ro-
nllty only the month of November was given.
The general ordinance for December was us
follows : _ _
From General Fund.
MiYOll.
W.J. nroatch , mayor I 30333
COUNCIL.
Eighteen nlgcrmcn , at VO 900 00
COMPTUOU.UU.
C. R. Goodrich , comptroller Iflrt 2 >
J. C. Coulter , deputy 1601
J. W. Fcttil , deputy 12500
Total t 441 07
TIIKASUUKH.
John liiiHli. treasurer I 111 ! M
K-1) . Kltton , deputy 1M ( W
F.I1. ( Jridlcy , deputy VX ) < 0
J. It. Kvam , clerk 10) ) Hi
C. F. Drexel. clerk 0 HO
I'.Uurko , clerk .11 70
Total I < K8 30
CI.EKK.
J. H. Pouthard , clerk I Ml 7
H.O. Mauvllle. deputy 12500
n.J.HiiWM-i , deputy inotw
H.O.Coutwnmn , deputy 1UO 00
Paid for typo writing 6M
Total I" ' 4 7 M
AiTouxnr.
.lohn Ii. Webster , attorney * STO 00
II. J. Davis , assistant attorney 125 DO
Total t 37500
E.VaiNRBlt.
G. H. TIlNon , oiiRlncor $ 2.V ) CO
A..1.0rover , assistant 1W ( 07
T. Slmw. computer Iffil W )
C. .1. Carpenter , assistant 100 ( W
U. U. Criuulall , assistant 10000
O. F. ICohtmau , as-iistaut . - . 100 00
8. U. Knlglit. assistant 100 HO
W. .1. McKathoin. draughtsman 100 ( K )
W. U. McLean , clerk 7i > 00
.1.11. Ihadley.luvuler 7000
J. O. Snowdon , assistant computer 70 CM
K. Donahue , rodinan 7000
M. Hughes , rodmau 7000
C. Kobertson.rodmaii CO 00
J. Cowles , rodmau 60 OJ
Postage > 2 01
Kxpress charges 1 75
C. ftobcrtsou , u-iu of team 3500
Total $ 1.55
bTUKIST COMMISSION ! ! ! ! .
J. Kent $ 16000
II. Olseu , carpcutf r , 17 days at Ri.iO ! 42 60
M. C. Meaney , team , 1(1 ( days at * ! . > . . . . Wl 00
V. Davltt , laborer , 10 0-9 days at t ! B8 ! M
J.Metzitar , laborer. 17 days at t ! ( H 00
P. Doyle , laborer , 17 days at $2 34 00
D. Hurley , laborer , 2 days at 13 400
F. Parker , laborer , 14 days at K 2800
D. CoRaa , laborer , 10 days , at K 32 00
.1. CorrlRan , laborer. 14 I-'J days at K 211 TCJ
J. Pamuska , laborer. Id 0-9 days at * - ' . . . . 31 , ' tt
W.Murphy.laborer , 10daysat3 33 00
J. Kennedy , laborer , days at * 2 1000
Total . E49 49
nOAIin OF VUIIUC WOUKS.
St. A. D. lialcombo , chairman ( 208 33
W. F. Wappcck , secretary Hi OJ
C. K. Mayno , member Kl 33
I , . Hclmi od , member Kl 33
Postage , 1 00
Total S 4C009
nUlI.niMO IXSl'ECTOH.
O. O. Whltlock , enporlntcndcnt t ISO 00
F. J. Campbell , clerk. . , 75 CO
F. A. Tompklns , Inspector , 27 days at M 10S OO
B. Cook , Inspector , 2 , days atjl 1OTIW
Sash liuimiex 100
*
Total . . I 44200
REWEH 1XM-UCTOK.
T.J.HcLsan. Inspector , $ 125 00
O. Heed , 30 days at J2 f0 75 ( X )
W. Huttou , 30 days at S ! WOO
W. MoVior , : n days at ft ! 0000
J. Huttoii.4dnynat 5U 8 in
II. Shepard , 1H days at S3 300
Total $33100
OAS INSPECTOlt.
J. D. Qllbcrt. Inspector 9 12500
110II.EU IKSl'ECTOlt.
J. II. Standeven } 12500
Postage SOO
Total . 12700
FI.UMI1IXU IXSl'ECTOlt.
II. Duncan , inspector $ 12500
Postage 1 00
Total f 12003
SIDEWALK INSl'KCTOK.
J.Allaninspector..7 1 100 M )
Postage 1 CO
Total r t 10100
MKAT IXSPECTOII. ,
F. Illcksteln , Inspector t 10000
W. Farr , inspector 100 ( a
Total 20000
suxnuv orncEits.
TJ. Berka , police judge I 10007
J. II. Halph. secretary board of health 20 00
II. Uamacciotti , surgeon 12 50
J. II. ilutlerHcrgeant-at-armsUnights MS CO
I , . Gramacher. Janitor no 00
8 , Anderson , Ureinau , annex uulldlng. . 41 00
Total 34317
HAXbCOM PA UK.
J. H. McDonald , keeper , 31 days I 63 00
Boarding eagles and repairing cages. . . 5 60
Total t 07 60
HKruxwxo.
L. 8. Heed , refunded , account change of
grade i 700 00
Total general fund I M8I 44
From Fire Fund.
run : IIKI-AUTMUNT.
John Hush , treasurer , money ad
vanced for freight charges J 62 00
FIUC ALAIIM HBI'AllTMr.NT.
John Hush , treasurer , money ad-
vandcd for freight charges 2513
Totainro fund 9 87 74
From Police Fund.
Mrs. M. J. Schaller , feeding prisoners. . $ 78 45
From library Fund.
Fl'IIMO LIIIRA1IT.
N. n. Falconer , rent for December $ 100 no
Jessie Alien , HUralan Kl 33
" cas > li pd asst. Janitor 11505
Mapg'e ' O'llrlen , asst. llbralan M Utl
ChaH. Kvnns , catalougo Ifill fll
D. Appleton&Co.3 vols.encyclopedia. 18 0 (
Omaha Hepubllcan , binding UO 00
KlnibaiKV lltingbtc , icu for Oct. and
Noy
Total . . J
From Curbing and Guttering Fund
J. O. Corby , repairing $ r.Vi 12
C. D. Woodworth , ri-palriug 10 OJ
Total.
I From Judgment Fund.
I'OMCr. DKI'AKTMCXT.
W. S. Seavy. chief 30100
A. l ) . Green , captain 312 10
Kluhtren policemen at 1 to each 8.K8) ( W
(1.V. . Mayhood , policeman W ) M
U. M. Bcanlln , policeman ( HOD
U , Anderson , cobts of suits Kl M
Total * 3.403 49
Amendments.
yilOM < ! K.Niil.U. : FU.ND.
II. Murphy , second rstlmato grading
on Uodgo beiwcon SBth uml 27th t l,3G.a ! ) >
E. Martin , damages , grade on leaven-
worth 1W.OU
Total l,51'J.a >
Fiioii cuiiuixa txufiurrvitixa puxit.
J.O. Corby , repairing sewers 321.150
Total of amendments I ) , HU.b.1
IIUCAI'ITUI.ATIOX.
neneral funil B.lfil.U
Flretund 87.71
1'ollcofund 7 > i.l5
Mbniry fund f J.r.S
Curbing and guttering fund Mi'U2 '
Judgment fund 3,4iai'.i
AmendmenU . ' 1,813.85
Total of General ordinance IH.bd'J.GT
Kpeclnl Ordinance No. 1.
FilOM OENEItAL FUND.
Btuht tt Hume , first ratlmate , grade.
PieriOKt. . lOthto llth < 70S 75
Stuht &Hume , Hnalestlmatv , same. . . . 31 ! ) a
Total t 1,028 Ot
Stuht & llume.tlnst estimate grade alley
between Pou , Mason. 10th and llth. . . * 217 M
Stunt it Hume , Dual estimate , ttuiue. . . . 7& 10
Total.- . : I 3aw )
Btuht Ic Hume , fourth estimate , grade
Paclllc , 10th & llth , I 81000
Btaht.A . Hum .b l * Um t , RMM.M. IMM
Total . , . ' . . . , . . . . | l,76i W
Sttiht & Hume , ovfrhattl.grado , otcaoth
IMrrcetn DorciM. . , . . . . . / . . . ' , . ! UM-19
O. W. McKlnn y. flrst witlmat * . grade t"
Ifith to llelt llue. . . , . . . . . . . . . I 7391
0 , W. McKlnney , final estimate , sama. , KM m
Total . . . | 30981)
0. W.McKlnnoy , final vstlmato grade
SOtli , RttmliiK to draco . . .I 018 99
0. W. McKlnuoy. Iliiftl estimate , grade
Howard , 22nd to 21th . , .l 253 10
C. F. Williams , second , estimate , grade
15th. II. &M. to Williams . 11700
C. F. Williams , third estimate , same. . . 747 00
Total f BGiOU
C. K. Williams , tlual estimate , grade ,
Davrnpcrt , Sid to : th B.W5.U3
C. K. Fanning , second CHtimate , grade ,
Webster. SMh av . toSOth 143.10
C. R. Fanning , nfth estimate , grada ,
Oittli , Cass to Carey SSUI
Hugh Murphy , Unit estimate , grade ,
Dodgo,2ith ) to 30th . . . . . . . . . . 883.86
Total general fund IliMMl.gJ
P1STUIPT I'AVINO Ptl.Nl ) .
J. D. Urquhart , Inspection dlst. AT. . . . . . 109.00
rxvixo noxn rvxn.
Hugh Murphy , tlual ost. Interest dtat 03 612.09
Hugh Murphyextras , Interest dlstU8. . 37.80
Total . .i , | ATjQ.79
Hugh Murphy , second est , Int dint 97. . . 1.911.M
Hugh Murphy , extras , lut dlst U7. . . . . . . 158.40
Hugh Murphy , third est , tnt dist 07. . . . 1.148JB
Hugh Murphy , Dual eat , tnt dlst 97 , . . . . 1.KM.M
Hugh Murphy , extras , lot dlst V7 l.OM.Ki
Total I 5,778.18
Total paving bond fnnd I 6,498.117
CllltmXU AMI (1UTTIIIUNO FUND.
J. O. tireeu , Inspection , distrlcttf-J 100.0)
Amendments
OKNEIiAt , FUXI ) ,
D. r. linker , superintendent city hall ,
salary October | 1M ( A
II. F. llaker , superintendent city hall ,
salary November 104 fid
11. F. Dakar , superintendent city hall ,
salary December 166 M
Total i 49004
J. C. Cowln , legal services f 2iO 00
O. W. Ambrose , legal services SM 00
Total I 60000
Total general fund | 099 Hi
DISTIIIOT I'XVIXH PUNl ) .
Iteagan Ilros. , tlnal estimate district
M $10.107 41
Kcagan Ilros. , extras district 83 2 > iw
Total 10,132 41
C. F. Hainan , Inspecting district 88 t 6000
U.Hume , Inspecting district BO 60 00
Total pavlugfund HO.'ilTiT
Total of amoudmcnts tll,3 ! 39
ItECAl'lTULATIOtf.
Oeneral fund : IL1041 Kl
Dlstrlit paving find 101 Ol )
Paving bond fund 0,42tl U7
Curblugaiul guttering fund 100 U )
Amendments 11,232 3 < J
Total special ordinance No. 1 130.W1 19
Speulul Ordinance No. 2.
DISTRICT 8KWKK FUSI > .
Daniel Delaney & Co. , Unal estimate ,
district 43 119,309.37
John F. llehm , Inspection district 43 ,
July 10000
John r. llehm. Inspection district 47 ,
August 10000
John K. llehm , Inspection district 43 ,
September 0 05
John F. Ilchm , Inspection district 43 ,
Octooer 100 00
John F. llehm , Inspection district 43 ,
November 61 35
John F. llehm , inspection district 43 ,
June 0 05
S. S. Van Horn , Inspection district 43 ,
July 22 60
S. 8. Van Horn , Inspection district 43 ,
August 2905
A. It. Heel , Inspection district 43 , Sep
tember 13 35
Total 119.720 81
P. Delaney & Co. , flnnl estimate district
'
4(1 ( W 68
J. F. Hehui , Inspection district 4(1 ( , No
vember 18 05
Total t OKI SI
.T. F. Daley , flnnl estimate district W. . . 0,363 07
8. S. Van Horn , Inspection district 4t ( ,
Aucu t 7005
S. S. Van Horn , Inspection district 48 ,
Boptemlwr . . . 100 00
S. 8. Van Horn , Inspection district 48 ,
October 100 00
S. S. Van Horn , Inspection district 48 ,
November „ . „ . . 100 00
Total. % t 0,633 00
P. H. McCauley , llnal estimate district
M 6,08331
A. H. Heel , inspection district 58 , Sap.
tembcr 73 30
A. U. Heel , inspection district 68 , Octo
ber 10000
A. U. Heel , inspection district 68. No
vember „ 10000
Total t 6,335 1
r. H. McCauley , 6 per cent reserve , dis-
.trict 3l > 124 4T
Hugh Murphy , tlual estimate , dtstrictSO 1,092 00
C. C. Thrame , inspection district 60 , Oc
tober 45 15
Total t 1,737 15
Hugh Murphy , final estimate district 80 474 63
C. C. Thramo , inspection district GO , Oc
tober 9 70
Total. . . . ' t 4S4 23
Hugh Murphy , tlnal estimate district 01 2,680 til
C. U. Thrnme , inspection district 01 , No
vember 73 35
Total " . I 2,854 10
Hugh Murphy , llnal estimate district 03 ] ,8tf3 60
( ! . O.Thriuno , Inspection district 63 til 65
U. U. Thrame , inspection , district ta Si 25
Total 1,953 60
Total district sewer fund441,09684
DI9TIUCT CUKUIXa AMI ( IUTTKUI.VO FUND.
C. D. Woodworth , Bual est , curb 16th
Davenport to Webster 2,421.11
J. D. Green. Inspection curb , ir.tli , Dav
enport to Webster 41.00
Total ; . . . . 3,400.01
DlbTItlCT I'AVISO FUND.
Reagan Ilros. Ic Co. , balance tlual est , p
dw 1,247/4
G.HumeInspection , pd80 40.UO
Total nsSTJJl
. WATRH BEST FUXI ) .
American Water Co , rent of water hy
drants and repairs for (1 ( months end
ing Dec. 31 , as allowed by city coun
cil { 22,098.69
cimnixo AXIJ niTTr.iiixo ! PU.NU.
IJarber Asphalt 1'avlng Co. , street re
pairs t 12.00
UKXiniM , I'UNl ) .
Chariot Turner , money paid to city
treasurer account of opening ItOth bt
from Furnam to Dodge 00.30
ItnCU'lTULATIOX.
District sewer fund , t 41,00524
District curbing and guttering fund. . . 2.468 01
Dhtrict paving fund 1.2H7 64
Water runt fund 22,008 6'J
Curbing und guttering , etc. , fund 13 00
Generul fund O.OJO 00
Total of Special Ordinance No. 2. . . $ 78f87 43
Goixral 'llt-cat'ltulntloii.
Ocneral ordinance' . 14,8 * ) 67
Special Ordinance No. I W.Wl 1'J
BpoUul Ordiuauco No. 2 7H.t87.4X
Total expenditures for December..H22.078 31
Thieves broke into the barn of G. W.
Cook , UL'-il Dodge street , Snturdny
night nnd stole n line sot of harness.
There is no clue to the i
Choking Catarrh.
Have you awakenid from a disturbed sleep
w 1th all the horrible scn.satlons of an assassin
clutching your throat and pressing the life-
breath from your tightened chest ? Have you
noticed the languor and debility that succeed
the effort to clear your throat and head of this
catarrhal matter ? What depressing inlluenco
Its exerts upon the mind , clouding thu memory
and tilling the head with pulns and BtnuiKo
noises I How dltllcult it Is to rid the nasal pass
ages , throat and lungs of this poisonous mucus
all can testify v\ho are allllctud with catarrh.
Howdllllcult to protect the aystem ag.iiust if *
further progress towards the lung * , liver and
kldnej s , all physicians will admit. It IK a turrt-
ble disease and cries out for relief and cure. ,
The remarkable curatlto power * , when all
other remedies utterly fall , of K VMURD H UAIU-
iwr , CURE , are attested by thousamH who grate
fully recommend It to fullow-futrcrers. No
statement 1s made re urdin It that cannot be
Kiibitautluti'd by the most lespettabluand rell-
Kach packuge' contains one Imttlo of the HAIU-
OAiiCuiiK.nni ) box 01 CUTAIIRIIAI.SOI.VKNT. and
an lui'iioVEi ) INIIAI.KII , with treatise and direc
tions , and Is sold by all druggists for JI.03.
POTTER imuu & CIIUJIICAI.CO. HOSTOK.
KIDNEY PAINS
With tholr wearj'.dull , aching , lifeless ,
all-gone hensdtlou , iiKi.lKVlii ) IN ONK
VI > UTB by the CirncimA ANTI-PAIK
. 1'i.AHTKie. The nrst and only pain-sub
duing plaster. Absolutely unrivalled us an In
stantaneous and infallible antidote to pain. In
flammation and weakness. At nil druggists , 85
cents : ttve for 11.00 ; or. postage fre , of 1'urcKll
DllUU AND CUKMlCAli Co , UostOU , U W *